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Sunday, 26 June 2016

viva mexico! cacti and tacos.

Maaaaan, I love Mexican food. Especially when it's hands-on, messy, and packed full of different flavours and textures. But do you know what I like even more? Having appropriate attire to wear while eating said cuisine - a cactus covered dress! Now all I need is a flight to Tulum..

Is it a blogger thing to be obsessed with cacti and succulents, or is it more universal than that? Either way, this cactus dress from Joy is making my eyes v happy right now.

I love the shape of it, and I love that it's a midi with a couple of subtle slits (until there's a gust of wind..) It feels ladylike, but fun at the same time. I often find that midi skirts can make me look shorter, unless I pair them with heels, so I slipped on these lovely suede sandals from the Zara sale.

Help-yourself food like this is so good for the summer - plonk it all on your garden table and dig in. All the prep & cooking takes well under 30mins, so it can definitely be a quick midweek dinner!

I am definitely one of those people who eats with their eyes - if a meal looks good, I enjoy it so much more. These tacos are so full of colour, and on these gorgeous little plates from Amara Living, they really pop.

FOR THE CHILLI BEEF:

• 150g lean minced beef

• can of kidney beans

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp paprika

• 1 tsp cumin

• 1 tsp chilli powder

• 2 cloves of garlic, finely diced

• 1 red chilli, finely diced

• 3 spring onions, roughly chopped

• 1 red pepper, sliced

• salt & pepper

• fresh coriander

EXTRAS:

• taco shells

• lettuce or baby spinach

• sliced avocado

• fresh coriander

• sliced spring onion

• sliced radishes

• salsa

• sour cream

• grated cheddar

• pomegranate seeds

• lime wedges

The great thing about tacos is that you can pick and choose what ingredients you like.

Gorgeous dress! Yup I'm obsessed with cacti, succulents and Mexican food too - except that I managed to neglect a succulent to death the other week (how?? I thought they were invincible!) and I can never eat tacos without exploding sauce all over myself. Heh. xxxLucy @ La Lingua | Food, Travel, Italy

Cute post!! I love the dress, the succulents are popular now, is easy to find prints like that, but the colors are incredible.The tacos looks really good, but I prefer another type of tortilla jajaja, Have a nice day.